probiotics for infants

It's been recommended to me that I put DS 10 months on probiotics to help ward off winter ills - esp. with him at daycare.

Has anyone used them for little ones? Opinions?

We got some at about 2 months as I'd been on about 4 weeks of antibiotics over that time and he had so many explosive poos and wind. We bought the powder - was $50 and put it in a bottle each night. Seemed to do the trick

We used inner health plus after Floyd had a month of runny nappies that no one could explain (they were $27) hard to know if they helped as we also cut out dairy at the same time and the runny poss stopped

Cant see why not Nita, it dosent reach a therapeutic level as such - maybe just use a little less at first - then if the tolerate it (as in no runny naps) give a full capsule

They are actually different ingredients so it kind of depends what your using it for - but the powder isnt indicated for babies under 3 months

The capsules have cow colostrum in them - so I wouldnt actually recommend them for babies under 1

Edited by Raspberryjam

Could be yeah, Im only familiar with the inner health plus brand cause my led pharmacist was mad on it - but Im sure if you go to a health shop there are some other good brands too

Its great for excema, asthma, runny bums, low immunity loads of stuff - so worth the money anyway

If you are using it for antibiotics increase dose to twice a day

Yeah you can , but its not nearly as strong, so if you are having issues its better to use the powder/caps etc

I use the yogurt with my girl when we are on anti bugs, symbio or elivae (sp?) and there is another with apricot vanilla and something else and its really yummy - shes not really liking the symbio - and is on antibiotics at the moment

All supplements will have an expiry date Tysmummy - have a look at the base of the jar - with a batch number

Omega and immnuofort are great for preventing winter chills for sure, but there are a few conditions which are supported by a healthy bacteria balance in the tum - without being on anti biotics - that probiotics are awesome for

My little girl has only been in care 2 weeks and has a snotty nose already Becm - so I agree with tysmummy that there is only so much you can do to avoid winter snuffles - but there are immuno support liquids on the market to help little ones out though - Id have a chat to someone at the health store or a natropath (sp) in addition to using a probiotic - although I do recommend them for helping to cope with tummy bugs which could be rather nasty for an under 2